Gandhinagar, Feb. 20 -- As a part of the lecture series under the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) elective course, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted two lectures titled 'Jain Canonical Literature' and 'Prakrit Dramatic Literature'. Distinguished scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Pali, Prof J R Bhattacharya delivered these talks on February 17 and 18, 2022.

At the beginning of his first lecture, Prof J R Bhattacharya highlighted different stages of the Indo-Aryan languages and said, "Sanskrit is the Old Indo-Aryan language, and Prakrit is the Middle Indo-Aryan language, along with inscriptional Prakrit, Pali, and Apabhramsha. The New Indo-Aryan languages include Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, etc. Sanskrit ...